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GREEN-SCHOOLS National Walk to School Week (WTSW) begins next Monday, October 2 for five days celebrating walking, active transport, and sustainable solutions to congestion outside schools around Ireland.
The Green-Schools Travel Programme works in partnership with schools to promote active, sustainable travel on the journey to school.
Green-Schools Travel Officers will be busy working directly with schools next week on WOW Days (Walk on Wednesday), walkability audits, promoting active travel and delivering climate workshops in schools.
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These are focused on giving students and the school’s wider community the tools to change habits, build better ones and create a school environment that is accessible and enjoyable for all.
The programme offers a range of resources to support schools at primary and secondary level, and takes into account the reality that walking the full distance to school is not always possible: Park’n’Stride is an alternative which is also encouraged.
This week a webinar on Walking Buses hosted by Green-Schools gave attendees ideas and information focused on creating walking buses in their schools.
Walk to School Week organisers are keen to remind everyone of the changes everyone in a community can make to allow children and young people enjoy active journey to school.
Speeding, idling engines, poor driving behaviour and footpath parking all impact the journey to school.
Walk to School Week is one of four annual week-long call to action events run by the Green-Schools Travel Programme.
Clean Air Week follows in November, followed by Scoot to School Week in March and Bike Week in May.
Walk to School Week is facilitated in just under 500 schools directly by Green-Schools Travel Officers and in almost 2,000 more schools awarded previously for their sustainable and active travel efforts. For more see https://greenschoolsireland.org/walk-to-school-week-2023/
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